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- Self defeating desktop Linux strategies
- Back on August 9th Michael Singer had a very interesting analysis piece called "Linux on the desktop--almost there again?" focused around the observation that "even with all the hoopla last year about Linux progress, the buzz over breaking the Windows stronghold has died down considerably." The article drew 155 talkback...
- Tags: old way, systems implementation, desktop, Fortran
- Blog posts 2005-08-30
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- Thanksgiving reading. Soccer and enterprise apps: the similarities and differences
- The other evening I had the pleasure of visiting Old Trafford soccer stadium. It's the home of Manchester United, arguably the most successful soccer team in living memory. Consistently at the top or near the top of the British Premier League and European Champions League in the late 20th and...
- Tags: Team, SAP AG, Team Management, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-25
- Facebook as a living obituary aka 'goodbye old friend'
- Facebook has turned from merely a way to share lives to a way to memorialize those we have lost. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Facebook, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-11-25
- For The First Time in Ages, I Agree With Apple
- Spiders and dust on a slippery slopeWorst inside of a computer I've ever seen was a spider infestation. Must have been a million of them. But what I wonder is where does voiding the warranty stop?A generic abuse statement may not be sufficient in the world of EULA's....
- Tags: Manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., manufacturer, smoker, First-time, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- What open source can teach medical practice
- Great article, Dana.You did in such a short piece what CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other media journalists failed to do: tell the story as it really is. You didn't take what was news worthy and sensationalized it, nor played up a negative reading of it to frighten those possibly affected,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, open source, medical practice, CNN
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance
- Scare tactics against Chrome OSI can see Microsoft really did the 'safety dance' with Windows it has been so successful...Chrome_OS is an entirely different modular approach plus they are using Open_Source with NO limitation of how high they can reach. I find it amazing anyone with a straight face say...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome, Chrome OS, ChromeOS, security, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup
- I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Ofaco 1.3.1 (Mac)
- Mail, like almost all Cocoa applications on Mac OS X, offers text completion, which can be invoked by hitting either F5 or Esc. When it was introduced, it offered completions based on the list of words from the mail you were typing. Unfortunately, somewhen Apple decided that it would be...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Completion, Carsten Bluem, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-24
- Is it time to go quad-core?
- Quad core, Chris?You have told us over and over that all you need is Google. You don't need a real OS, real apps, or any processing power to speak of. All you need is a browser, preferably Chrome. Why on Earth would you need a quad core...
- Tags: Processors, cloud computing, quad-core, laptop computer, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Can Obama make science cool?
- Give him a Nobel for Science for his science speeches!Please! Obama doesn't even deserve to be your President. All the promises he made have remained just that. What else can this world expect from a politician? And things are clear from his popularity ratings.Obama is good with one thing and...
- Tags: Workforce management, Obama, education
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- British scientists call for action in Copenhagen
- RE: British scientists call for action in CopenhagenThe exposed emails sure tell the truth about this whole GW movement.If you don't trust science...Then give up its benefits. That includes just about every piece of tech discussed here.If you don't believe in climate change, can I suggest you join the...
- Tags: climate change
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Online retailers, marketing firms scam consumers for $1.4 billion
- Hopefully the Obama admin will curb this rackett...The Bush admin sure didn't care about the general public --- and let this stuff get out of control. Asleep at the switch.WTF......does the garbage you wrote have to do with the article?Nothing? Yeah, that's what I thought.online crooksnothing new here.he...
- Tags: Retail, marketing, Dell Computer Corp., retail company, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- The medical home is reform without objections, so far
- Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Is your culture getting in the way of your IT success?
- Many enterprise IT investments lead to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches - but often forgotten is the culture of an organization itself. Commentary - While any planned enterprise IT investment leads to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches, too often left out...
- Tags: Job, Team, Information Technology, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Team Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Panasonic Computer Solutions, IT management, culture, Jim King, Special to ZDNet, Jim King, Panasonic Computer Solutions, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-23
- Falling behind in science? No kidding!
- Our school district is providing H1N1 shots to any students whose parents request it. It's an easy way to build some so-called "herd immunity" in the age group most vulnerable to this particular flu strain. In fact, my 7-year old was the very first in the district to...
- Tags: Vaccine, Flu, H1N1 Flu, Science Education, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Who wants tea with their turkey?
- Push comes to shove.....I still believe Reid will throw down the reconciliation card. I'm sure he doesn't want to, but he won't accept defeat. If he can't get the sixty, he'll settle for 51.Which is a shame, because while the stated goals of this bill are admirable, in...
- Tags: Vertical industries, GOP, Dana, Lieberman Software Corp, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
- Do you mean:"The vulnerability was confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 6 and [b]7[/b]."Also how effective is the exploit with Protected Mode and limited user account usage? I'd like to see more information on how these two mitigation techniques work against exploits. I suspect the...
- Tags: Web browsers, EXPLORER, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Internet Explorer, critical IE 7 zero-day flaw, IE 7 zero-day flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, zero-day bug, exploit
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?
- Not available on the N1000I don't see any options for this on my N1000.Bummer.Has the resolution improved on HD content?That was one thing I'd like to know. I can see a future, where everything you would ever need in the home will go thru the internet. I am already set...
- Tags: Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, FrameChannel, video quality, Roku Inc., cable television
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Admob: Droid and Android army make big browsing splash
- I don't see how....Palm is going to survive in this market. The iPhone vs Android will be interesting to watch however.Android is still milles away from the iPhoneAfter looking at the few Android phones in the market, I can tell you that without a doubt, the Android is competition for...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Droid, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet
- That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
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